Reid's Seedling
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised around 1880-1890 by Mr Reid of Drumart Jones, Richill, Co. Armagh, Ireland. Fruits have somewhat coarse, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
medium to large b
Fruit Shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex b
Ribbing
very slightly ribbed at eye and on body b
Ground Colour
dull greenish yellow b
Over Colour
flushed orange with carmine stripes b
Russet Type
russet dots b
Flesh Colour
creamy white b
Flesh Texture
somewhat coarse b
Flavour
sweet, subacid b
Tree
tip bearer b
Accession name
Reid's Seedling
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose a
Height
54.51 mm a
Width
66.41 mm a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped a
Russet
low a
Coarseness
coarse a
Juiciness
dry a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register